i'm melissa harris-perry. we're going to get to all of the stories i just promised you. first, an update from the middle east where there are reports of israeli airplanes striking areas around the syrian capital of damascus. the targets believed to be shipments of iranian-made missiles on the way to lebanon's hezbollah. chief correspondent richardening he will is reporting from turkey this morning. >>> melissa, according to a witness in damascus this morning, it began around 2:00 a.m. there was a huge explosion, giant fireball that lit up the sky. people said they could see this fireball and feel the shockwaves all across the city. then moments later, there were a series of secondary explosions. witnesses said they heard fighter jets in the sky, they couldn't tell what exactly had been hit. but that the targets were all roughly in the same area. in the mountains. the mountains are just on the edge of damascus and this is a military area. according to rebels in damascus, there were at least nine different targe